Hornby SR, Maunsell Kitchen/Dining First, 7865 - Era 3
Product Code: R4816A
Production Details:
Hornby SR, Maunsell Kitchen/Dining First, 7865 - Era 3. Gauge 00,
Period Era 3 (1923 - 1947), Operator / Livery SR, Designer Richard Maunsell, Age
Suitability 14+.
Discontinued
Maunsell Kitchen/Dining
By 1925, the Southern Railway had settled on its new standard design corridor
coach of 59’ length, 9’ width and 12’ 4” height, with standard 8’ SR bogies and on August 6th that
year, authority under order E98 was granted to construct six First Class Dining Saloons for the
Western Section. The first of a batch of twenty six such vehicles under Diagram 2651, they were
intended for the London-Bournemouth, London-Portsmouth and London-Exeter services and were of the
low-windowed design.
Seating twenty four passengers in four seating bays at one end and the
Kitchen, Pantry, Service Vestibule and Side Corridor at the other, a set of double loading doors
opened into the vestibule, while the passengers accessed the Restaurant from the gangways at either
end. Four further low windowed Dining Saloons were completed between July and December 1929,
intended for the inter-regional through sets and in May/June 1930, ten further Dining Saloons
entered service, under Order 464, on West Country workings.
